FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2018 Contact: Rep. Greta Neubauer, 608-237-9166 Rep.Neubauer@legis.wisconsin.gov Lame-duck bills are a transparent, last-ditch attempt to consolidate Republican power MADISON, WI – Today, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met to discuss the five-bill lame-duck package authored and introduced by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), which propose sweeping changes to the balance of powers, voting rights, and the social safety net in Wisconsin. Shortly after midnight, four of the five bills proposed passed through JFC on partisan lines. Representative Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) issued the following statement in response: “On November

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4th 2018 Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – Rep. Jimmy Anderson released the following statement on the Extraordinary Session scheduled for today. “Republicans have demanded that we hold a special session of the legislature and to do what? To make health care more affordable or accessible? No. To fix our crumbling roads? No. To invest in our schools? No. What Republicans want to do is spend millions of taxpayer dollars to rig an upcoming election and strip Governor elect Evers of powers that Governor Walker enjoyed for eight years. We won’t stand by and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: December 4, 2018 CONTACT: Michael Tierney, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – State Representative Lisa Subeck (D – Madison) released the following statement today regarding the extraordinary session: “The people of Wisconsin made it crystal clear on November 6 that they are sick and tired of politicians who put politics ahead of people. Yet here we are back in the State Capitol where Republicans are ramming through sweeping changes in an unprecedented power grab that totally and completely undercuts the will of the voters. Despite an onslaught of Republican attempts to rig the rules in their own favor, the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 GOP Anti-Voter Plot Would Directly Contradict Court Decision Protecting Early Voting Rights MADISON, Wis. — A 2016 federal court ruling in the voting rights case One Wisconsin Institute, et. al. v. Thomsen, et. al. struck down racially-motivated restrictions on the hours and days of early voting imposed by Wisconsin Republicans. Attorney Bruce Spiva, a partner with the law firm Perkins Coie, who was on the legal team that argued the case, noted the legislature and its Republican leaders could find themselves in contempt of the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4, 2018 CONTACT: Eric Bott, EBott@afphq.org MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Tuesday urged the legislature to pass regulatory reform legislation that would bolster legislative oversight and bring about more transparency to the administrative rule-making process. The legislation builds on the reforms implemented by the REINS Act, which the legislature passed in 2017. Lawmakers are expected to consider the reforms during the extraordinary session. AFP-WI State Director Eric Bott issued the following statement: “This legislation would be a win for democracy, a win for good government, and a win for the Wisconsin citizen. These

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Rep. Don Vruwink December 4, 2018 608-266-3790 Rep. Don Vruwink (D-Milton) issued the following statement today as the Assembly prepared to act on four bills that would change long-standing laws about how state government operates. The bills are being fast-tracked through the legislative process a month before a new governor and attorney general are sworn into office. “I’m disappointed that this is how the Legislature starts off with a new governor and I’m disappointed that we are arguing over power. I was hoping that with a Democratic governor and a Republican-controlled Legislature, we could create a